The Last Will and Testament

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Recommended: Pre-Colonial Philippine History

The greatest and wisest of philosophers and historians once knew of a story that is filled with mystery and curiosity. It has been said, that several centuries before present time, a community flourished in what is now the Philippines. The place was like those that you would see in films that featured the ancient times - festivals full of arts and music, peasants and farmers working with utmost passion, denizens swaying to beats with drunken revelries. Innovation and progress developed in the land without bound. Though the pre-colonial Philippines lived in the most simple of ways, it was a community of unlimited potential. The other merchants and communities several seas away heard of the the unparalleled glory of this mighty land and even thought that it would go on to form eons of existence.

And alas, in a freak twist of fate, just as the sixteenth century was about to unfold, the land was conquered by foreign tyrants – the Spaniards – that brought the land's inevitable loss of its identity. As the Philippines met its fateful demise brought by the cataclysm under foreign rule that enshrouded the land into oblivion, the country utilized all the remaining resources it had to perform its last desperate attempt to save the Philippines from its wane – the land’s mightiest treasure was the sense of nationalism - a treasure that wielded endless power, and only the wisest, smartest, most intelligent, and most courageous of them all could have deciphered the land’s key to regain its freedom. And finally, after 333 years of being foreigners in their own land, the Philippines received liberty and independence and restructured the society to continue the land’s glory and history.

Yes, this is our history. And it is but imperative that w...

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...ary league founded by several anti-Spanish natives in 1872. They initiated revolution and called for the attention of the Filipino Masses. Their goal is to achieve independence and separation from Spain. Its founding members are Andrés Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, and Ladislao Diwa. However, even before the Katipunan was able to formally launch its attacks founded on revolutionary ideals, the secret society was discovered by Spanish authorities. Upon the launching of the Philippine revolution of 1896, the Filipinos did all efforts

The Filipinos’ nationalism was a flame burning so passionately that one would feel the courage and fervour that once flowed in the veins of the Spartans. Each one was self-sacrificing enough and willing to share everything he has to everyone, having the ability to be calm at gruelling times and the ability to serve with no boundaries.

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